the Dr Marten own brand insole does a really good job of filling up extra space if the shoe/boot is up to half size too roomy. always an option to consider if you run into the too small/too large in between foot size

LOVE these boots. easily the best DMs imo. Better than the regular MiE oxblood 1460s and even better than the $$$ Raf Simons collaboration 8i boot. Seriously, if I was to only be able to wear one pair of boots the rest of my life these would be it.

^^ it's a decent blog, some good bits on there! There's an amusing (aka lame) feud between that fella and the "film noir buff talk ivy" forum where they continue to talk shit about each other. a worthless waste of energy and has made the Talk Ivy forum unbearable for me anymore to even lurk and read in. I mean it's bad enough when you have various skinhead forums proclaiming "i'm more skinhead than you" but when you have guys into Ivy style bitching about "I'm more...

yes, that is the one thing about this site I think is unique, in that everyone maintains civility and a friendly attitude no matter how seemingly trivial or dumb questions may sound. I like to think of this forum as being informative without being intimidating since anyone reading and contributing to this thread has common ground in an interest in original skinhead style.

Since that pic is most likely after the height of skinhead, i wonder if those kids are from someplace else on holiday at Margate (like Scotland)? Sounds like most of you Londoners were already out of skinhead by 72, but the 60s look was still strong in other parts of UK where it was slower to catch on and lingered longer....?
this pic